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Shiiku / The Catch

Nagisa Oshima
Japan      105 m.
Synopsis

Adaptation of a novel by Kenzaburo Oé set in World War II: an Afro-American pilot is captured by the inhabitants of a small village. The situation is used by Oshima to depict yet another unrelenting X-ray of Japanese society.

Director
Nagisa Oshima
Screenplay
Takeshi (Tsutomu) Tamura, Toshio Matsumotu, Toshiro Ishido, Shomei Tomatsu
Plot
Kenzaburo Oe (Shiiku)
Production
Palace Films
Saburo Tajima, Masayuki Nakajima
Photography
Yoshitsugu Tonegawa
Edition
Miyuri Miyamori
Music
Riichiro Manabe
Cast
Hugh Hurd, Rentaro Mikuni, Sadako Sawamura, Masako Nakamura, Eiko Oshima
Running Time
105 m.
Country
Japan
Year
1961
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